Memorial Day Weekend

A few thoughts before pictures... 

* Brady's ear infection cleared up, which was amazing to me considering his antibiotic was not flavored for the first day and a half and he refused to take it by the end of the 10 days.  Let's hope he doesn't get any more anytime soon so we can pick up swimming again!
* We hit up a friend's garage sale tonight.  We've already picked through her clothes about a month ago, so between these two times, we are really getting some good fall/winter clothes, pj's and coats/snow pants for Brady.  I am super pumped to be stocking the closet already.  I really need to focus on finding some outdoor things for him though now, like a sandbox, slide, etc.  Those always go so fast!  I would love to build a big, wooden sandbox above ground like we had growing up, but I'm not sure how long we will be in this house.  I think it would be worth it though. 
* We are all better and feeling well in this household.  And thankfully, Brady was not one of the 10 or so family members that caught the illness over the weekend!!
* I miss my sister - I just put Brady's car seat in storage again after Maxwell used it all weekend.  I'm really glad she made the trip home.  It was fun to all be together.

And - here are some pics from our family get together in Carroll over Memorial Day weekend.  And I have to mention that it was impossible to get all four little boys to look at the camera at the same time.

Matthew and Maxwell going for the cupboard.  The kids seem to love the little cupboard that the dish towels hang in.

They got it open!! 

Checking out the goods inside.. 

Matthew checking out Maxwell's hat.  Yes, it's attached!!

Sprinkler time!!

I love that belly...

Posing in front of our playhouse that our dad built for us when we were little.  I'm thinking we might have to convert it into a boy's fort or something!!

Love this picture!!  Thomas is completely airborne!!!  

Bath time with Maxwell after a busy day of being outside and a trip to the park!!

Not Feeling Well.....

Poor Brades started the week off not feeling well.  He is teething and so he has the diaper rash and runny nose.  By Monday afternoon, he was non-stop crying and had a 102.6 temp.  He's never really spiked a fever before, so I took him in and he has another ear infection.  His second one in less than a month. 

Waiting for the doctor.  He was pretty miserable by this point.  :(

Pictures

Hanging out with mom in the kitchen in his cool Hawkeye chair, holding his cars and in his pj's...

 Eggo's & yogurt - the breakfast of champions!!

Good Morning!!!  He loves oatmeal and bananas too.. 

Brady LOVES being outside.  In fact, he throws such a fit when we have to come in or when we walk by his outside toys to get in the car, that sometimes I don't even want to take him outside because I don't want to deal with it!!  He typically always carries his little basketball around when outside and loves to push it in the stroller.  We have two neighbor girls that are over a lot.  Today, they grabbed our water guns and had a water fight.  Brady laughed and laughed and laughed while he was watching them.  I'm so happy that we have kids on our block to help entertain him.  It was adorable. 

At night, I say "go give daddy a kiss goodnight Brady".  He'll walk over to Chris and lean his head forward for a kiss.  And if I tell him to tell Drake goodnight, he'll either wave or go give him a kiss too!

He's really picking up on things too.  If I tell him to go get his shoes, he'll either find his sandals in our shoe pile or he'll pull down the tote with his shoes in and find two sandals (usually different ones though) and bring them to me.  I've also seen him go and stand by his caps and point to them before we go out since he's used to wearing one outside. 

String cheese is his favorite snack.  If I ask him if he's ready for his string cheese, he'll verbalize a sound that I think sounds like 'cheese' and go and stand by the fridge. 

A few weeks ago, he started to hold up his plate or bowl for me to take it when he is done eating.  I don't know how that started, but I'm thrilled that he stopped throwing it all on the floor instead.  :)

We've figured out how to get around the crying when I drop him off at the Y daycare.  I have to hand him directly to someone and he is perfectly happy!  It makes it a lot easier on me to leave him!

His tantrums when he gets frustrated are unreal.  I know he is trying to communicate, and I know that I should ignore them and they will eventually decrease, but he gets pretty violently mad sometimes.  I hope he doesn't develop a little temper.  I'm crossing my fingers... 

Love him :)

Vacation!!!

I'm so excited!!  Our vacation is booked!  We have not been anywhere "new" in years, so this is going to be fun to take a little roadtrip.  Table Rock Lake, here we come!!  Something to look forward to now.  :)

Pictures

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Here are a few pics:

His newest fascination - reaching for whatever he can grab.

Brady was able to meet the IA State basketball coach Fred Hoiberg.  Notice how he's covering up the Hawkeye t-shirt!!  Of all things to have him dressed in!!